Update

Yesterday my program director called to confirm my mailing address to make sure that I will get my letter allowing me to stay in the UK for 4 months as a student.  He said that those letters and housing assignments should be mailed in a couple of weeks.  He then said something about ordering books, but I don't think I will worry about that until I get there.  I also got my a letter from my doctor about taking my prescriptions with me on the plain.  I'm glad I got that part done.  I have also bought a guidebook called London 2011, by Rick Steves', and I have pretty much read the whole book and listened to or watched the podcasts that he has done about London and some other countries.  I was thinking about ordering a general Europe guide book to read before I go but I don't know if it would be all that useful.  Anyways, I leave in a like 40ish days I think. Before I go I have to get all of my paperwork together and make mass amounts of copies.  Oh, and I ordered an Oyster Card to use the tube but I haven't got it yet.  I guess that's all for now that is.  Oh, wait I almost forgot, but I need to decide if I should get some money converted here or wait until I arrive in Heathrow.